Mexico - Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, feels that Hispanics are gaining ground in US film, while the tendency to stereotype Latinos is "weakening" every day.

Huerta, a veteran of more than 20 films, said in a recent interview that it is a positive thing that Hollywood is offering possibilities for Hispanics to have more movie roles, but he said that he feels stereotypes still exist.

"But that tendency is beginning to weaken and it’s giving us an opportunity. Little by little it’s allowing other types of roles other than the nationality or the language of the undefined character, rather his circumstances, and it seems to me to be positive that US society is beginning to open itself to this possibility," the 31 year old actor said.

One of the most recent films in which this "proudly Mexican" actor participated is Get the Gringo, starring Mel Gibson, who also wrote the screenplay.

It’s an action film in which Gibson plays a veteran thief who is captured by Mexican police and put into a prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 10-year-old. A large part of the filming was done at the Ignacio Allende prison in Veracruz, Mexico and was originally released under the title "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"

Huerta explained that, "as an actor, you look to have the chance to work in all kinds of films and genres. The film with Mel Gibson almost seemed like a comedy to me - sometimes it seemed very funny."